KELOWNA, BC – A call for longer prison terms for three Okanagan men involved in the largest drug bust in Saskatchewan history has been denied.
A Regina judge has ruled against a Crown Counsel appeal and upheld sentences handed to those convicted.
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RCMP seized more than 800lbs of cocaine and 100,000 tablets of ecstasy during Project Faril. The investigation involved unmanned border crossings in southern Saskatchewan.
Crown wanted 25 years in prison instead of the 18 years Brock Palfrey, a 27-year-old from Vernon, was given as sentence.
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Troy Swanson, 27, and Bruce Larsen, 52, both of Coldstream, received 12 and 11 years. Crown counsel sought to change that to 15 years each.
RCMP, US border patrol, US DEA and Homeland Security were involved in seizing what was estimated as $17 million worth of contraband back in 2011.
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